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I used to get paranoia when i got high all the time until i realized this. We spend all day trying to distance ourselves from our feelings until, as you (and bob) said "The Herb reveals you to yourself." Know that you need to deal with those things then it doesn't seem so bad.

I don't think weed causes paranoia, but i think it manipulates focus. I'm never 'out of it' on weed, but it can seem that way because i'm intently focused on a thought. If this thought is negative, and focused on, it can seem to be intensified.

You just have to remember that paranoia is just another thought. Thoughts are pretty interesting, they don't really mean anything, despite how much importance we claim they are of.

I think the "Do not repeat" part of this is by far the most important. When you get stuck in that paranoid mindset its real easy to get trapped in a loop where you'll only make yourself more paranoid. Accepting a fact ends the loop, metaphorically speaking. I find if you can just get out the loop and look at your situation/problem objectively you can relieve a lot of paranoia and /or anxiety.

Because you touch yourself at night. I'm just kidding, problems like these depend on many things. If the past failures you're thinking about revolve around say.. your parents or ex girlfriends, it could be a self-esteem/depression problem. Or it could be just you thinking about bad things. You just have to realize that there's no reason to truly be paranoid. You are a monkey among billions of other monkeys and no matter what you are just a monkey like everyone else, capable of failure, problem solving, breathing, eating, shitting, fucking, and sleeping. You're just a human, don't be so hard on yourself. :3 ALSO, SMOAK MOAR ;D

I understand. It only becomes a tool for escaping if you never face your problems. It sounds like you face them too often, and you are too critical of yourself. Correct me if i'm wrong, my good (wo)man. Everyone's got their shit, now whether you flush it or eat is up to you, bub. If the problem persists, you can PM me, and we can haz a chat mi brova.

Man, I feel ya on this. I've nearly stopped smoking for this reason -- when I smoke I frequently become so fucking introspective and obsessive with my own shortcomings, and like you said, I'm totally unable to control that wave of emotion.

It's a strange thing too when you've come down, trying to sort out how much of these thoughts are actually how things are, and how much is a high paranoia / anxiety. Either way, smoking massively increases my awareness of some of the underlying self loathing/accepting issues I've got, for better or worse reminding me that there's a lot of shit I need to cope with.

There are a lot of things I feel like writing out here, but I think the most important thing I can echo back is that awareness is the first real step towards improvement. And also to remember that you're in school, you've got friends worth caring about, and that you recognize that you've got some room to improve.

And, for what it's worth, in my experience being the sensitive guy makes it harder on the front-end to find a girl, but is absolutely invaluable in keeping the ones you love around. Also, never fucking doubt yourself for being a history major. History is fascinating, intellectually satisfying, and requires a great goddamnn deal of self discipline to study. I think there are plenty of management folks who would agree. Seriously though - strap down and finish the fuck out, or add your college career to the stack of shit you wish you'd followed through with.

Also, cook & eat healthy food, exercise, read books,
and strive each day to genuinely have a positive impact on the people in your life.

If I haven't smoked in awhile, I pack the bong take a single hit then get high as fuck off that while I browse the net or do whatever. Then I'll take another as soon as I remember I have more in the bowl. Just take it easy no reason to cruise through the bowls when you only need a little. It's kind of hard when smoking with groups though. Haha usually either high as shit or not high enough.

Same thing happens to me too. All the time. I still like smoking but it can be awfully depressing sometimes when I think about where I am in life and where I want to be. Don't let it hold you down though, just use it as motivation to better yourself and change what you want to change, and accept the things you can not.

its best to formulate reasons to accept all you've done and construct an imaginary castle (in your mind) support system where you can navigate through your past issues and funnel them to your future goals.
Took this from a chess prodigy, Joshua Waitzkin

Yup, I think everyone who's smoked for a while does. The trick is to get yourself in a good mood and then smoke a moderate amount of weed. Don't get ripped, just high enough to accentuate something you would enjoy regardless of being high. Once you remember how to get tunnel-visioned into a good high it becomes easy to repeat. Or at least that's my experience.

This is one of the things I miss about smoking over tolerance breaks. Unfortunately I'm constantly looking at the bad shit in my life with or without trees. With trees though I'm able to reflect on all the bad things, accept them, and possibly look for solutions. Without trees I just think and think without any kind of acceptance. Damn these next two weeks are going to be stressful.

I think its natural for people to have in their brains some sort of mechanism to protect ourselves from potential danger and the fear drive kicks in. When i was feeling anxious and nervous in public or even by myself, I told myself that these people have no clue firstly whether im high or not. Secondly I reminded myself that I am in control of your feelings, if you see these feelings of nervousness arise in yourself, then simply tell yourself that there is no reason to be nervous, and it subsides and you gain strength in will power to not let emotions rule your thoughts and consequently your actions.

When I start thinking about past failures and doubts when im baked, I just consciously try to take my mind of those exact things because that would cause a downward spiral to nowhere desirable. this can be done by watching a movie, trying to juggle, drawing, listening to music etc.

Put it this way, if you can think about your failures in both states of consciousness, high and sober, then the question to ask in this case would be why are you letting yourself be constantly reminded of the painful things in life and not the good things?

I kind of do the same thing. I get so worried that my parents are gonna find out (im 19 and im worried about this) I get worried that I may or may not get a job interview tomorrow and be tested then be fucked. Well Ive just learned to spark another bowl because life goes on. :D

I had a bad trip on some spice (stupid) you know, full on hallucinations and ego death. Before that bad trip I would get some paranoia from weed smoking every once in a while but after starting smoking weed again 2 months later I was all good and haven't had anxiety since.

Happens to me every once in a while. What you need to do is put yourself in a better frame of mind before you smoke. Put on some music, think happy shit and everything will he alright. I always say that the first 5 minutes after the toking sesh sets the high, so just keep that in mind the next time you toke up.

I think you should see a therapist. Weed can be very introspective but sometimes problems cannot be solved through weed. I ain't hatin on anyone. I'm just saying lay off the bud till you resolve some personal issues that are best left to a therapist (NOT a psychiatrist)